According to Joyce himself, his intention was to "write a chapter of the moral history of [his] country and [he] chose Dublin for the scene because the city seemed to [b]e the center of paralysis". True to his goal, each of the fifteen stories composing Dubliners are tales of disappointment, darkness, captivity, frustration, and flaw.
We will concentrate on the first novel of this collection : The Sisters, studying religious imageries and symbolisms, examining Father Flynn's character, and broadening out on Ireland's paralysis.
The whole story focuses on the religion. Let's have a look at…
